The Haryana Government on Thursday released another installment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to the State Government employees with effect from July 1, 2015.
The stae Finance Minister, Captain Abhimanyu said that now the employees would get DA at the rate of 119 per cent of their basic pay thus registering an increase of six per cent in the dearness allowance.
At present they are getting 113 per cent. The arrears of the hiked DA of six per cent from July 1, 2015 would be given in cash, said he.
The Minister added that the state exchequer would have to bear an additional burden of over Rs 314.39 crore annually.